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Holocaust Education

High school students have a rare and unique opportunity to study the Holocaust and other genocides through a number of exceptional programs offered by the JFCS Holocaust Center.

For high school students looking for a meaningful and profound community service experience, The Next Chapter is an excellent option. Students are matched with a local Holocaust survivor and are awarded 40 hours of community service.

Each spring, all students and educators in Northern California are invited to deepen their learning of the Holocaust and other forms of genocide at The Day of Learning. Over 750 participants come to this annual event. The Day of Learning is a program of the Preisler Shorenstein Institute for Holocaust Education.

Social Services for Jewish Nazi victims have been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

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Written by Beth Berkowitz, Psy.D, Director of Children’s Clinical Services and Child Training Institute at JFCS’ Parents Place. There is no doubt that the most recent tragedy in Pennsylvania has escalated our fears. With this sad reminder of the painful consequences of anti-Semitism, rac...

Upon receiving the news that he had been chosen to receive a scholarship by JFCS’ Financial Aid Center, Avery Cruz was at a total loss for words. But his mother, Deborah, was able to find some, saying, “You have no idea what this means! I was so worried about how we were going to afford [&hellip...

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Rywka’s Diary: The Writings of a Jewish Girl from the Lodz Ghetto—first published by the JFCS Holocaust Center—has been awarded this year’s Historical Award by Polityka, Poland’s top newsmagazine. The handwritten diary—miraculously discovered intact amidst the rubble at Auschwitz—is a ...